JeanneM.Saunders

Jeanne M. Saunders died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Feb. 18, 2013, at Morristown Medical Center. She was 65. A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Christ the King Church in New Vernon, N.J. Arrangements are made by the Bailey Funeral Home of Mendham, N.J. For the complete obituary, go to www.baileyfuneralhomes.com. Jeanne was born in Queens, N.Y., and lived in the Mendham/Bernardsville area for years. She was a very active volunteer at the Morristown Medical Center. She also served on the board at Westmont Montessori School in Mendham and the board of the Far Hills Country Day School. Jeanne also served on the board at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts in Morristown, and the N.J. Discovery Orchestra. Her family will remember her as a loving wife and mother who put others before herself and strived to make people happy. She was predeceased by her mother, Margaret Smith O'Connor, and her brother, Col. Gary O'Connor (USAF Ret.). Survivors include her husband, George Saunders of Bernardsville; one son, Andrew Saunders of Bernardsville; two daughters, Barbara Collier and her husband, Steve Collier, of Harding, N.J., and Brittany Warnock and her husband, Robert Warnock, of Bernardsville; her father, Thomas F. O'Connor of Warren, N.J., and her five grandchildren, Christopher and Carlin Collier, and George, Ella and Lilly Warnock. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Jeanne M. Saunders Memorial Fund to benefit the patients at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center. Please make checks payable to Foundation for MMC, 475 South St., Morristown, N.J. 07960, in Jeanne's memory.

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